Brevard crews brought more than 100 people out of the flood

On Monday, November 2, crews across Brevard County pulled people out of floodwater after a storm the National Weather Service called a one-in-1,000-year rain, Florida Today reported. Don Walker, spokesperson for Brevard Emergency Management, said sheriff's deputies helped more than 100 people who were caught in rising water while driving to work or running errands.

Airboats took at least seven residents out of homes in the Wingate subdivision in West Melbourne. In Melbourne, Cmdr. Shawn Eising of the police department said three Florida Tech students were rescued from a flooded retention pond near Crane Creek, on the north side of campus. They had been walking along Babcock Street and were caught in a current while wading. Officers used ropes to reach two of them. A Florida Fish and Wildlife helicopter lifted the third.

In Palm Bay, fire rescue crews brought dozens of residents to safety, Assistant Fire Chief John Ringleb said. He asked people to stay home and off the roads while the water was still high. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation officials rescued 60 people in the county, the paper reported. Fire crews also used airboats and kayaks to check on residents in the hardest-hit spots.